It was refreshing to read Rishi Kundi’s commentary on the abortion debate (“Abortion debate often fueled by emotion, not facts,” SN 1/31). I have become more and more exasperated by the anti-abortion letters appearing in The State News.
The funding compromise struck between the leaders of Michigan’s 15 public universities and state lawmakers is a good deal for students’ wallets across the state. Gov.
Although Gov. John Engler is a proud MSU alumnus, he should stop meddling with the MSU Board of Trustees as if he were playing his personal game of political chess. It was announced Thursday the lame-duck governor will likely appoint Trustee Robert Weiss, a long-time Democrat, to fill a judgeship in Genesee County.
I want to express my appreciation to the MSU officials who made Norton AntiVirus available to all students, free of charge.
I am writing in response to Ruth Helmus’ inaccurate accounts of Ron Mason’s supposed dislike for women’s sports (“Mason is as biased as his predecessor,” SN 1/30). A quick review of the facts will show that her claims about Mason are false. I do concur with Helmus that the MSU athletics department has approached Title IX compliance in the wrong manner.
Many contend, and with good reason, that your stay at college will be the best years of your life. This is supposedly the time when everything is carefree, exciting and full of fun.
While I was certainly dismayed about the vandalizing of Sparty, I was also upset about the way in which it was reported on the front page of Wednesday’s edition of The State News (“Yellow and blue paint hits Sparty, but runs green,” SN 1/30). The story showed no neutrality.
Saying that Matt Treadwell’s column on the Bible (”Biblical message found beyond wording” SN 1/30) was the worst column I have ever read would be the understatement of the year if my roommate hadn’t remarked that “Britney Spears looks good in spandex.” Why would he write a column about something that he obviously hasn’t thought about at all?
It was only a matter of time before snow would pounded East Lansing. Students and staff should be happy the 12 to 13 inches of snow that came Wednesday night didn’t come sooner - we all knew warm temperatures couldn’t stick around for long. Along with snow comes dangerous roads, covered cars, missing salt trucks and students hoping class will be canceled.
When people hear reports of a heavy snow, they usually prepare - maybe plan on taking a little extra time to get to class, bundling up, etc.
State and the local governments must work together if there is going to be any type of growth within Michigan cities.
The focus of President Bush’s first State of the Union address Tuesday night was not only appropriate, but necessary. Bush spoke of his vision for the war on terrorism beyond Afghanistan to a dozen countries that he said harbor terrorists and “an axis of evil” of three more that seek weapons of mass destruction.
Recently The State News printed an article that placed MSU at the top of the alcohol arrest list (“‘U’ tops U.S.
Matt Treadwell remarked that “the book known as the Bible... is not exempt from human error.” (“Biblical message found beyond wording,” SN 1/30) While I agree that sometimes mistakes are made in copying or translation, reading from a modern Torah scroll (the five books of Moses) in Hebrew is identical to reading from the Dead Sea Scrolls, even though there is a “publishing” gap of 2,000 years.
This is in response to the editorial “Smoke Free” (SN, 1/ 29). The State News’ commentary suggests that students who wish to live in a smoke-free environment should have a right to do so.
I hate columns about abortion - along with brochures, pamphlets, speeches and signs - for two reasons.
While reading an Associated Press news story Monday, I learned a popular version of the Bible is being revised to include gender-neutral wording.
I was elated to see that finally the university would be replacing athletics director Clarence Underwood (‘U’ wants Mason for A.D.,” SN 1/28). Since 1999, Spartan athletics have been supervised by this man who has been quoted as saying the only reason women play sports is for college scholarships.
Numbers don’t mean much. Especially when they appear in a list without any type of context. The U.S.
We just wanted to take a second to express our disappointment in our Wolverine neighbors to the southeast. It’s seems our friends are having trouble accepting the fact that their poor excuse for a basketball team may lose its eighth straight meeting with the Spartans tonight at Breslin Center.